Monday, 18 November 2002 - 10:12 AM
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This presentation is part of : Ten-Minute Papers, Subsection Cd. Behavior and Ecology (Session 3)
Semi-field evaluation of GF-120 fruit fly bait against melon flies
Ronald J. Prokopy1, Neil W. Miller2, Jaime Pinero1, James Barry3, Linda Tran3, and Roger Vargas2. (1) University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Entomology, Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA, (2) USDA-ARS, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Service, P.O. Box 4459, Hilo, HI, (3) University of California Riverside, Dept. of Entomology, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA
In a semi-field study, sorghum plants surrounding host fruit of melon flies were sprayed with GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait to determine if such spray was effective in preventing marked and released immigrating females from reaching host fruit. Results showed high effectiveness against released protein-deprived females but less effectiveness against released protein-fed females.
Species 1: Diptera Tephritidae Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
Keywords: baits
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